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The average age of an urban tree is 10, and we know that to receive the fullest benefits of urban trees, they need to be living beyond 50. Image: Nerea Martí Sesarino / Unsplash

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Mission holder and Nature-based Solutions innovation, Dark Matter Labs

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Project management and Natural Capital research, Dark Matter Labs

Thomas Theodore

Editor and writer, Dark Matter Labs

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